Corey Maggette has been identified as the unnamed Duke men’s basketball player who allegedly sexually assaulted Meredith Watson, USA TODAY Sports confirmed through a friend of the accuser Monday night.

Watson is the second woman to come forward to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault.

The friend, Washington D.C.-based attorney R. Stanton Jones, confirmed in an email to USA TODAY Sports that Watson told him she was raped by Fairfax and Maggette.

“When Meredith told me she’d been raped twice at Duke, it made me realize that nothing really awful had ever happened to me in my then very young life,” Jones told USA TODAY Sports. “That realization, and the horror of what Meredith told me about what she’d been through in college, had a big impact on me then and has stuck with me ever since.”

Corey Maggette played one season at Duke.(Photo11: H. DARR BEISER, USA TODAY)

Maggette denied the accusation when reached by The New York Times.

"I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my life and I completely and categorically deny any such charge," Maggette said in the statement issued through a spokesperson.

The spokesperson for Watson’s attorney, Karen Kessler, provided The New York Times with a Facebook message exchange between Watson and another friend in March 2017, in which Watson named Fairfax and Maggette. The Times was unable to independently verify the message’s veracity.

"Ms. Watson came forward to address the Justin Fairfax denials," Kessler told USA TODAY Sports in a text message on Saturday when asked for specifics about the 1999 incident with the Duke player. "This is our focus and should be yours."

Maggette has worked as a broadcaster since retiring from the NBA in 2013 and is an analyst at Fox Sports West.

"Fox Sports takes allegations of misconduct seriously, and we are looking into the matter," Fox Sports West said in a statement. "We have no further comment at this time."

Maggette was not part of the Los Angeles Clippers' broadcast team for Tuesday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Ralph Lawler, the longtime voice of Clippers, told Fox Sports West viewers that Maggette had to return to Southern California to deal with a “personal matter."

Watson’s attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, said in a statement released Friday that Watson "went to the dean, who provided no help and discouraged her from pursuing the claim further."

Duke University also is investigating the allegation against Maggette.

"We are in the process of gathering information to determine what policies and procedures were in place during the time period in which these events are alleged to have occurred, and whether they were activated and followed," Duke said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports. "We are not able to provide further information or comment on any individual at this time."